Japanese Support Group

Japanese Support Group

The men of the Imperial Japanese Army were excellent soldiers, with exceptional devotion to their country and emperor. Hardened by years of war in Manchuria, the Japanese army was well-disciplined, led by experienced officers, and overseen by the feared Kempei-tei political officers. Japanese soldiers gained an aura of invincibility in the early years of the war, conquering Thailand, British Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong, the Dutch East Indies, and most of the American Philippines.

Fanatical loyalty and iron discipline were at the core of the Imperial Japanese Army's ethos, and although they did not possess the same level of heavy armaments and vehicles as their Allied opponents, they were well supported by the Type 92 medium machine gun and the Type 97 medium mortar.

The box contains:

• 2 officers with pistol
• 1 Kempei-tei with pistol
• 1 medic
• 1 radio operator/spotter
• 1 medium mortar team
• 1 MMG team

Models supplied unassembled and unpainted.